WATERS debut LP Out In The Light came in as one of the better 2011 releases. Following SXSW WATERS will head out on a spring tour supporting Delta Spirit beginning on March 19th at the Revolution Music Room in Little Rock, AR.
“Back To You”
dates:
MAR. 14-17 AUSTIN, TX SXSW
MAR. 19 LITTLE ROCK, AR REVOLUTION MUSIC ROOM*
MAR. 20 ST. LOUIS, MO THE OLD ROCK HOUSE*
MAR. 21 MINNEAPOLIS, MN FINE LINE MUSIC CAFÉ*
MAR. 22 MILWAUKEE, WI TURNER HALL*
MAR. 23 CHICAGO, IL METRO*
MAR. 24 INDIANAPOLIS, IN RADIO RADIO*
MAR. 26 CLEVELAND, OH BEACHLAND BALLROOM*
MAR. 27 BOSTON, MA PARADISE ROCK CLUB*
MAR. 29 NEW YORK, NY WEBSTER HALL*
MAR. 30 PHILADELPHIA, PA UNION TRANSFER*
MAR. 31 WASHINGTON, DC 9:30 CLUB*
APR. 2 CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA JEFFERSON THEATER*
APR. 3 CARRBORO, NC CAT’S CRADLE*
APR. 4 ASHEVILLE, NC GREY EAGLE TAVERN*
APR. 6 NASHVILLE, TN CANNERY BALLROOM*
APR. 7 ATLANTA, GA THE MASQUERADE (Hell Stage)*
APR. 9 BIRMINGHAM, AL WORKPLAY THEATER*
APR. 10 NEW ORLEANS, LA ONE EYED JACKS*
APR. 12 HOUSTON, TX FITZGERALD’S*
APR. 13 AUSTIN, TX EMO’S EAST*
APR. 14 DALLAS, TX GRANADA THEATRE*
APR. 30 SALT LAKE CITY, UT URBAN LOUNGE*
MAY 1 BOULDER, CO FOX THEATRE*
MAY 2 BOISE, ID THE NEUROLUX*
MAY 4 SEATTLE, WA NEUMO’S*
MAY 5 PORTLAND, OR WONDER BALLROOM*
MAY 6 VANCOUVER, BC ELECTRIC OWL*
MAY 8 SACRAMENTO, CA ACE OF SPADES*
MAY 10 SAN FRANCISCO, CA FILLMORE*
MAY 11 LOS ANGELES, CA THE MUSIC BOX (Henry Fonda Theater)*
* supporting Delta Spirit
San Francisco Bay Area band Howlin Rain will be heading out on tour next month in support of their third full-length album The Russian Wilds. The Russian Wilds will be out on February 14th via American Recordings. Howlin Rain is: Ethan Miller (singer, guitarist), Raj Ojha (drums, percussion), Cyrus Comiskey (bass), Joel Robinow (keyboards, guitar, vocals) and Isaiah Mitchell (guitar, vocals).
“Love” is from The Wild Youth EP, available for discovery here. Footage below is taken from Daughter’s December 8th 2011 evening of music at St. Giles in the Fields’ Church, London.
I’ve posted this song in various forms in the past. Michael Kiwanuka was captured performing “I’m Getting Ready” for WatchListenTell back last summer. His album Home Again is set for release on the 26th of March.
American singer-songwriter Walter Rose offers up “Driving South” from his resonating debut album Cast Your Stone, out on January 17th. “Driving South” is a duet with Lucinda Williams and features Eric Heywood (an original member of Son Volt and Grammy-winner with Ray Lamontange) on steel.
Lightning Love are a trio from Ypsilanti, MI made up of Ben Collins, and siblings Aaron and Leah Diehl. Check out “Deadbeat”, the first single from their upcoming EP, Girls Who Look Like Me, out on January 31st.
tracklisting:
Shift
After All
Where Are Your People?
Visionary
What’s Mine, What’s Yours
Steel In The Groove
Tired of Running
Watertight
Rivers of Blood
Pressure on
Andrew Bird’s twelfth album, Break It Yourself, will be released March 6th on Mom + Pop. Produced by Bird, the album was recorded at his barn in Western Illinois near the banks of the Mississippi River. Break It Yourself follows Bird’s 2009 album Noble Beast.
Bird will support the release of Break It Yourself with a North American tour opening in Texas in March.
Watch a short video preview of the new album here.
Donovan Quinn will release the new LP Honky Tonk Medusa on Valentines Day via Northern Spy. This is the first album that he’s recorded and produced since the Skygreen Leopards’ Life & Love in Sparrow’s Meadow.